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NY Times Struggles With Court Rulings, Discrimination, and a Complaint by an Anonymous Employee

NY Times Struggles With Court Rulings, Discrimination, and a Complaint by an Anonymous Employee

Get access to Brad Slager's "Riffed From the Headlines," a daily VIP feature where he looks to bring accountability to the mainstream...

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Brad Slager

Freedom, Not Planning, Made America an Innovation Superpower

Freedom, Not Planning, Made America an Innovation Superpower

The United States represents less than 5 percent of the world’s population, yet it produces more than 20 percent of global GDP. That kind of...

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Americans For Prosperity

Moral Clarity From Pope Leo

Moral Clarity From Pope Leo

"The greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion." Mother Teresa famously said this while standing on a dais with President Bill Clinton...

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Kathryn Lopez

The Quiet Power No One Applauds

The Quiet Power No One Applauds

Modern America has a strange way of measuring importance. If it trends, it matters. If it makes money, it matters. If it gets applause, builds a...

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Kevin Mccullough

A Tale of Two Billionaires

A Tale of Two Billionaires

Democrats have a love-hate relationship with rich people. On one hand, they love the billions of dollars they pay in taxes and see them as a font of...

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Scott Hogenson

Trump's Churchillian Foreign Policy

Trump's Churchillian Foreign Policy

Knowingly or not, President Donald Trump, in his decision to attack Iran, has embarked on a foreign policy that has been, on and off, both persistent...

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Michael Barone

Trump Is Making American Rail Great Again. A Mega-Merger Could Undo It.

Trump Is Making American Rail Great Again. A Mega-Merger Could Undo It.

California’s high-speed rail experiment is dead and few are mourning its loss. Donald Trump himself called Gavin Newsom’s terminally delayed pet...

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Ken Blackwell

The New York Times Hunts for an Anonymous White Male Dissent

The New York Times Hunts for an Anonymous White Male Dissent

Leftists in the media cannot stand the idea that Team Trump is coming to the defense of white males at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission....

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Tim Graham

-2 + -2 = +4?

-2 + -2 = +4?

Israeli politics is experiencing the Dell Rule for Losers Michael Dell is quite an extraordinary fellow. While other billionaires get more airtime due...

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Alan Joseph Bauer

Why Won't Barack Obama Go Away?

Why Won't Barack Obama Go Away?

In 1921, Woodrow Wilson, the first of America's four transformative progressive presidents, became the first president to remain in Washington...

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Josh Hammer

What 'Rights' Do They Want That They Don’t Already Have?

What 'Rights' Do They Want That They Don’t Already Have?

As we all know, the political leaders of the Democrat Party have absolutely no conscience whatsoever. Most politicians, around the world and in...

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Mark Lewis

Trump Holds All the Cards in Iran

Trump Holds All the Cards in Iran

Editor’s Note: Join us in the fight against the radical left today and support our reporting as President Trump continues to usher in the Golden...

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Kurt Schlichter

The Press Now Sees Problems With Kash Patel Gifting Bourbon; Voting In a Primary Makes One MAGA Exremists

The Press Now Sees Problems With Kash Patel Gifting Bourbon; Voting In a Primary Makes One MAGA Exremists

Get access to Brad Slager's "Riffed From the Headlines," a daily VIP feature where he looks to bring accountability to the mainstream...

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Brad Slager

The Democratic Party Is Dead, Long Live the Jacobins!

The Democratic Party Is Dead, Long Live the Jacobins!

For the past century, the agendas of the Democratic Party were predictable. They professed concern for working Americans and supported blue-collar...

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Victor Davis Hanson

What Happens When Moms Are Missing

What Happens When Moms Are Missing

There are some truths modern America desperately tries to avoid because acknowledging them would require admitting that the old ways weren’t quite...

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Kevin Mccullough

Iraq at the Brink: Can Ali al-Zaidi Reclaim the State From Fragmentation?

Iraq at the Brink: Can Ali al-Zaidi Reclaim the State From Fragmentation?

Iraq stands at yet another crossroads – one that could determine whether it finally emerges as a sovereign, stable state or slides back into the...

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Struan Stevenson

10 Things to Know About America’s Founding

10 Things to Know About America’s Founding

As we approach the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, I want to make sure that we don’t forget the God factor – which is vital in...

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Jerry Newcombe

Ending Gerrymandering

Ending Gerrymandering

In the debate over redistricting, one truth is too often buried beneath legal jargon and partisan maneuvering: Gerrymandering is, at its core, about...

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Armstrong Williams

Our Savings Matter, but This Bipartisan Push Misses the Mark

Our Savings Matter, but This Bipartisan Push Misses the Mark

President Donald Trump and Congress want to help you increase your savings. And you should. At the household level, saving is the foundation of...

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Veronique De Rugy

Some Observations at This Point in the Election Cycle

Some Observations at This Point in the Election Cycle

There are six months left before the midterm elections. Here are a few observations about the current state of things: Democrat policies produce...

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Laura Hollis

Dr. Makary's FDA Is a Liability for the Pro-Life Cause and the President

Dr. Makary's FDA Is a Liability for the Pro-Life Cause and the President

President Trump has rightly earned his place as the most consequential pro-life president in modern American history. From his transformative judicial...

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Ken Blackwell

The Race-Obsessed Left Complains When the Supreme Court Issues a Colorblind Ruling

The Race-Obsessed Left Complains When the Supreme Court Issues a Colorblind Ruling

Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, in the recent case that restricted the use...

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Larry Elder, Opinion Contributor

Fantasies and the Rest of Us

Fantasies and the Rest of Us

One of the biggest problems we have in politics today is that a large part of the political spectrum accepts fantasy as the basis for policy. There...

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Alan Joseph Bauer

CNN Lied About Our Client—Now It’s Before the U.S. Supreme Court

CNN Lied About Our Client—Now It’s Before the U.S. Supreme Court

Editor's Note: This column was co-authored by Jay Sekulow. When mainstream media outlets can falsely vilify, smear, and attack public figures...

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Jordan Sekulow

Democrat Policies Ruin Everything

Democrat Policies Ruin Everything

When I first moved to Baltimore after college, way back in 2001, I was pretty well stuck in the city and DC, as I lived near the train station in...

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Derek Hunter

Democrats Say 'Heil Platner!'

Democrats Say 'Heil Platner!'

With the recusal of ancient Governor Janet Mills—she was just too normal to compete in today's slippery-slope-to-totalitarianism Donkey...

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Kurt Schlichter

Sam Stein Is Bothered by the Louise Lucas Raid But Unbothered by the Facts; CNN's Ballroom Bawl-Room Lie

Sam Stein Is Bothered by the Louise Lucas Raid But Unbothered by the Facts; CNN's Ballroom Bawl-Room Lie

Get access to Brad Slager's "Riffed From the Headlines," a daily VIP feature where he looks to bring accountability to the mainstream...

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Brad Slager

Medicaid Millionaires Are Hiding in Plain Sight

Medicaid Millionaires Are Hiding in Plain Sight

Fraud in government programs is often treated like an urban legend — something that happens in faraway blue cities run by corrupt political...

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Ben Shapiro

God’s Design Wasn’t Accidental

God’s Design Wasn’t Accidental

One of the strangest things about modern America is watching people exhaust themselves trying to out-argue reality.  Men are women. Women are men....

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Kevin Mccullough

The Empire State Cannot Pay for Mamdani’s Rotten Big Apple Socialist Agenda

The Empire State Cannot Pay for Mamdani’s Rotten Big Apple Socialist Agenda

While campaigning under the banner of democratic socialism for mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani made a plethora of pithy promises of “free...

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Chris Talgo

Google’s 'Woke' Revolt Proves the Problem Was Never Fixed

Google’s 'Woke' Revolt Proves the Problem Was Never Fixed

By now, Americans have seen this movie before. Internal dissent erupts at Google, employees stage a revolt, executives scramble to contain the...

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William Flaig

Time Is Running Out

Time Is Running Out

We’re only six months from the midterm Election Day, and only four months from the start of early voting in September. In between are the slow...

05.05.2026 4

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John And Andy Schlafly

The Secret Weapon to Defeat the Islamic Republic of Iran

The Secret Weapon to Defeat the Islamic Republic of Iran

With ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the source of which being the Islamic Republic of Iran, one Iranian-born Christian voice is calling...

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Jonathan Feldstein

Arizona Democrats Chose Politics Over Transparency

Arizona Democrats Chose Politics Over Transparency

Earlier this spring, the Arizona Senate passed SB 1186, my legislation to strengthen transparency and accountability in state contracting after a...

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T.j. Shope

Trump and Congress Should Confront China on Genocide

Trump and Congress Should Confront China on Genocide

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) joined together last week to sponsor a bipartisan bill that would require the secretary of...

05.05.2026 1

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Terry Jeffrey

Mifepristone: Another Reason To Assert the Sanctity of Life

Mifepristone: Another Reason To Assert the Sanctity of Life

The abortion issue won't go away, as so many politicians wish it would. It persists because the discussion and debate are about our very...

05.05.2026 2

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Star Parker

Victims of the Biden DOJ Lawfare Are Still Fighting

Victims of the Biden DOJ Lawfare Are Still Fighting

The anti-Trump lawfare that nearly destroyed the Republic did not operate in a vacuum. It was part of a broader culture of prosecutorial abuse that...

05.05.2026 1

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Will Chamberlain

Kamala-Loving 'SNL' Rips 'Incompetent' Kash Patel

Kamala-Loving 'SNL' Rips 'Incompetent' Kash Patel

The liberals at Mediaite.com gushed over the latest anti-conservative comedy from NBC: "Kash Patel Gets Absolutely Smoked in Punishing SNL Sendup...

05.05.2026 2

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Tim Graham

They Hate You. Get Over It.

They Hate You. Get Over It.

People hate you. There is little you can do about it except to protect yourself from the loonies amongst them. There is an “Anti-Zionism”...

05.05.2026 4

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Alan Joseph Bauer

Data Center Freak-Out

Data Center Freak-Out

Data centers are big buildings full of machines that process what we do on our phones and computers. AI requires even more computing power, so...

05.05.2026 3

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John Stossel

The Democrats’ Malice and/or Stupidity Is Real, Not Staged

The Democrats’ Malice and/or Stupidity Is Real, Not Staged

Yet again, Democrat behavior raises the eternal question – are they stupid or are they evil? The current issue is the notion that the assassination...

05.05.2026 2

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Kurt Schlichter

The 2026 Pulitzers Were Awarded and Anti-Trump Coverage Dominated; and WaPo Pimps for a Perched Protester

The 2026 Pulitzers Were Awarded and Anti-Trump Coverage Dominated; and WaPo Pimps for a Perched Protester

Reporting on the Mirror – PULITZER PRIZES It almost looks like slamming the administration was compulsory. It almost looks like slamming the...

05.05.2026 2

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Brad Slager

In Trump Assassination Attempt, We Need the Dog's Story

In Trump Assassination Attempt, We Need the Dog's Story

The initially released surveillance video of the recent attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump was blurry and incomplete. Posted a short time...

05.05.2026 1

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Byron York

Online Trolls Call Themselves Experts, but None Match my Expertise in Genocide

Online Trolls Call Themselves Experts, but None Match my Expertise in Genocide

Editor’s Note: Join us in the fight against the radical left today and support our reporting as President Trump continues to usher in the Golden...

05.05.2026 5

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Kurt Schlichter

The First Voice a Child Hears

The First Voice a Child Hears

Before a child ever learns to read, before they understand rules or consequences, before they can even form a complete sentence, there is a voice....

05.05.2026 5

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Kevin Mccullough

Mayor Pete's Electoral College Remarks Shows He Still Doesn't Know His A** From His Elbow

Mayor Pete's Electoral College Remarks Shows He Still Doesn't Know His A** From His Elbow

Is Pete Buttigieg running for president? He seems to be testing the 2028 waters with these town hall events, which reminds us of one thing: he’ll...

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Matt Vespa

Time for Jerome Powell to Go Home

Time for Jerome Powell to Go Home

The man just won't leave the stage. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell announced last week that he's going to remain on the Federal Reserve Board...

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Stephen Moore, Opinion Contributor

The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man

NEW KENSINGTON, Pennsylvania – Thomas Tull is walking along the old, wooden, brick floor of what began as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company and later...

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Salena Zito

Classic Essay 'I, Pencil' Revisited

Classic Essay 'I, Pencil' Revisited

It is always a good time to revisit Leonard Read’s classic 1958 essay, “I, Pencil,” in which he examines how a pencil is made — and how...

04.05.2026 7

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Tom Purcell

Time to Pull the Plug on the 501(c) Grift

Time to Pull the Plug on the 501(c) Grift

I have spent thirty years in the rooms where American capital actually lives — structuring financial transactions, advising single-family offices,...

04.05.2026 5

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Jay rogers